Beowulf Sterru Character Analysis

Satoru’s motive to enter a life-threatening conflict and face the serial killer to save Kayo Hinazuki depicts him as an epic hero. Satoru knows that the killer will abduct and murder Kayo in an empty park on March 1st, the day before their shared birthday because in the present, reports on her death stated that she had not turned 11 yet. On the day of the murder, Satoru, planning on wasting the day, invites Kayo to a science center, and later they meet up with other friends to play. Both March 1st and 2nd pass uneventfully. However, the next day Kayo never arrives at school, and shortly afterwards her mother finds her body. In the following days, the serial killer murders two more children, and Satoru’s Revival ends. The police search for Satoru,
Similarly, Beowulf does all in his power to protect Hrothgar from Grendel, thereby subjecting himself and his men to danger. As Grendel enters Heorot, the narrator states, “Picturing the mayhem: before morning / [Grendel] would rip life from limb and devour them, / Feed on their flesh” (Beowulf 731-733). Grendel devours a man immediately after the narrator states the passage. Even though the battle itself proves less difficult than expected for Beowulf, he and his men faced incredible danger from the ruthless monster. J.R.R. Tolkien in his essay “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics” further extrapolates on the theme of bravery in Anglo-Saxon England, “One of the most potent elements in [the] fusion [of Anglo-Saxon ideas] is … the theory of courage” (Tolkien 37). Because bravery signified strength in Anglo-Saxon culture, Beowulf’s men expect him to have courage, even if it would cost the lives of many soldiers. Thus, Beowulf’s bravery in saving Heorot relates to Satoru’s determination to save his mother by protecting Kayo. However, because Satoru saves Kayo, he must also save two more children who die in the